After the wonderful nostalgic fantasy Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen’s European tour hits a major pothole with the uninspired To Rome with love. This frothy, feather-light film features mostly unsympathetic characters in the midst of mild romantic dilemmas that are rarely interesting or funny. The film has four main story threads all of which examine the strange corrupting lure of
Read moreOliver Stone’s latest film Savages follows in the tradition of Scarface and Blow by using the drug industry as a metaphor for America’s aspirational culture. Unfortunately this film has neither the originality nor the charismatic central characters of those films. Taylor kitsch and Aaron Johnson play two low profile but highly successful California marijuana dealers who live in an unusual
Read moreBUILT FOR SPEED, PLAYLIST, 2nd NOVEMBER 2012 1. REDD KROSS – Stay away from downtown. 2. UNIDA – Thorn. 3. THE STROKES – Hard to explain. 4. FLAMING LIPS – Race for the prize 5. GAS HUFFER – Crooked bird. 6. THE POSIES – Your big mouth. 7. JELLYFISH – Baby’s coming back. 8. THE DESCENDENTS – Silly girl 9.
Read moreIt’s Ladies Days at Flemington, so join Man Friday and myself on the Island this Thursday at 11am when we play the music of the classy ladies, such as Adele, Dianna Krall, Ella Fitzgerald to name but a few.
Read moreAfter our excursion into hip-hop last week we’re back to more guitar based music with indie classics new and old including the likes of Red Kross, Pond and Unida. We also focus on some fine Aussie artists such as Paul Kelly. On the movie front we’ll be taking a look at Woody Allen’s latest To Rome With Love and the
Read moreThe Songs of Hope hymns podcast for 2012 10 28 includes the following songs: Psalm 90 – Voice of ascension The Lord is my shepherd – Judy Collins The Servant King – An afternoon of our favourite hymns Keywords: Christianity, faith, God, hope, hymns, Jesus, Lord, music, religion, spirituality, songs Songs of Hope website: http://songsofhope883.wordpress.com/
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